The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-03 00:00:00

We have again to notice the non-arrival of Paris Papers. Two days' Journals are due. It is now confidently whispered, and we are inclined to give some credit to the report, that A DISSOLUTION of Parliament may be positively ex- pected in the ensuing Spring. BRITISH OFFICERS AND SPANISH PATRIOTS. (From an 4merican Paper.) PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.—We have taken some pains to ascertain the precise state of the circum stances in the case of the ten British Officers on iday committed for trial, by the Judges of the Circuit Court now in session ; and offer the fol lowing outline as one which we believe may be relied on as tar as it goes :—Col. J. D. NEEDHAM, Capt. J. D. -PERKINS, Capt. J. B. HOLLAND, Capt. FERRIER, Lieutenants RICHARD STACEY, JAMES STACEY, and CHARLES WEBSTER; Surgeon RO BERT FRY, Serjeant-Major HENJAMIN PEARKES, and FREDERICK BEIX, said to be a Cossaque No bleman, are the persons implicated in the alleged misdemeanours. The substance, of the charge was, that they made arrangements last summer in Brussels to combine end create a Regiment of join Ca valry, with which to the Patriots in South America. With this d'esign they embarked at Antwerp on board the AmeriCan ship Par nusso, and arrived at New London . a few weeks ago. From there they eame,to Philadelphia, and took their passages on board the brig Ellen, of this port, which vessel cleared but last week for Surinam. They were accompanied by JOHN WILLIAMS and PETER HOGAN, who were to have iervt (Lin the capacity ofSerjeants orCommissaries and by whose information to the Spanish Consul , the intended expedition was discovered and in interrupted. It appeared that each man was fully provided with cavalry equipments, and there was no doubt of their intention to take a part with the Patriots iu carrying on hostilities. They were regularly drilled every morning at the Colonel's quarters, in Philadelphia, until arrested and most, if not all of them, it was understood, 'bad been in the British service. , One of them wore the Waterloo badge . in his button-hole.-- After a very full examination of many witnesses on both sides, the Court remanded them all to prison, where they are to remain till April ; (tie time of their trial), unless they can give hail, each one in the sum of three thousand dollars. Adverting to the ostensible state of things in Europe, it is remarkable that British Officers should have been associated in the Capital of the Netherlands, for waging war against Spain.— Either the authority or the disposition of the Eng lish and the Dutch Governments, for repressing hostilies against that of Spain, would seem to be some - what questionable. Since the above has been in type, we learn that a Special Court will be held in December, for the trial of the above-named Gentlemen. AMERICAN NAVY.—By the last accounts from New York it appears, that two thirds of the American Nary are in commission anti afloat, and that every exertion was making in all the naval yards within the Union, to complete the ships now building there. That tor some time past rendezvous for seamen has been opened in New York, and that placards were posted up in diffe rent parts of the city, offering three months' pay down to sailors on their entering into the service of the United States. That several tnglisb Sea men, from the want of employment, had not been able to withstand so great a temptation, and were now serving on boaril of American Ships of War. BOUNDARIEC—The Americans begin already to congratulate themselves on the superior skill and abilities of their Commissioners for the adjust ment of the Boundaries of the Province of Maine. They say they have established their right to the line laid down in their maps, which crosses the Highlands into Lower Canada, by which, if ac ceded to, all intercourse between that Province and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will be completely intersected and cut off. They also declare it to be the intention of their Govern ment to establish a Naval Arsenal in Moose Island, should it be conceded to them,and to form a strong Garrison there, . which, in case of a rup ture between the Two Countries, will totally an nihilate the trade of St. John's and St. Andrew's, in New Brunswick, and ultimately lead to the loss of that and the Other British Provinces on that Continent. This Island is the key to New Brunswick, and the most important Island to Great Britain in the Bay of Fundy. THE FUND9.—A rise of one half per cent. has taken place in the price_of Stocks since yesterday, Consols this morning being done at 82j. BIRMINGHAM.—We are glad - to learn that the population of this great manufacturing town, hav ing employment, have returned to their loyal feel ings, for their good King and Constitution. The arts of the designing- few are treated with their merited negluct, and the whole body appears con tented and happy.—Employment is no doubt the great cause of this gratityit i change, but it is no flattery to say, that much is doe also to the loyal and persevering efforts of The Birmingham Herold, the respectable Editor of which and his family were, we know, the victims of a furious Rabble. This loyal Editor also, last year, aided the cause of morals and sound principles, in a spirited pe riodical Work, entitled The Searcher; or, An In quiry after Truth. BRIGHTON, JAN. 2.—The PRINCE REGENT WEI yesterday early on the Palace Lawn, and after wards in the Riding School, but not in public. The Duke of YORK joined the promenaders on the Steyne, and appeared to take pleasure in extend ing his visits to the streets and more remote parts of the town.—The expected arrival of . her MA JESTY and the PutwcessEs is a subject of much interest to the. town. The precise time has not yet, however, transpired. We understand that a vessel, lately arrived from St. Thomas, with dates to the beginning of No vember, brings accounts that General BOLIVAR had obtained two signal, victories over the Spa niards, who, in consequence of their losses, were flying.in every direction.—(Morning Chronicle) • The Duke of CAMBRIDGE is expected to arrive in England about the middle of February, to settle some preliminaries relative to his approach ing marriage. . A Cabinet Council was summoheid on Wednes• day, which assembled yesterday at two o'clock, at the Foreign-Office; and was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the, Earl of LIVERPOOL, Vi - COUllt SIDMOUTH, ViSCOODt CASTLEREAGH, Earl BATHURST, Viscount MELVILLE, the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. CANNING. The Council broke up at a quarter before 4 o'clock. The Court newsman tells us, that the Privy Council held on Wednesday at Brighton was for the purpose of swearing in two new members, Mr. LEACH and Sir W. A'Couar ; the farmer on the occasion of his being promoted to the office of Vice-Chancellor, the latter on being appointed to a foreign mission. There is, hovyever, as we are told, sonic doubt whether Mr. LEACH adds to hia title of Right Honourable that also of Knight.-.. (Morning Paper) Sir HENRY HALFORD arrived safely at Windsor on Wednesday night, but was under the necessity of being aided by lights from Cranford. We have authority to contradict the statement relative to a certain Baronet's son, and the daughter of a Noble Duke,' there being no truth in it.—(Morning Post) The 95th Regiment, at present quartered at Derby and the surrounding towns, are under or ders to march to Liverpool, whesica a detachment is to march to the Isle of Wu. CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS. FOR THE SUN. LETTEIt VII. Mr. EDITOR,—To close all present observa tions on the subject of POACHING CONVEY.. Atcetts, wini covertly ravage the domains of law ful owners, and pride themselves over the stolen fruit, the words of the Statute under which they shelter are retrospective, though general, not prospective or particular. It ordains, that an annual tax -shall be paid by practising Attornies, and Members of the four Inns of Courts, being Draftsmen under the liar. It does not say all persons who shall thereafter been= members, so as to entitle them to..the presumptive name of Law Conveyancers. On the contrary, it infers that -none will pay the tax, but those for whom it was intended, namely, Attornies and Draftsmen under the Bar, who are entered in one of the tour Inns, ipr the. pprposp of being called to it iu due time, not for the purpuse'of Conveyancing, to which ti se Certificated nun nominals arrogate to them skives aright , with an ample qualification; though in truth they are, if any thing, no more than the ghosts of,departed Scriveners, risen up like scare crows in the garkii of Hysperides, to affright the Attornies, and despoil their practice. The cause is theirs, and when it .comes before Parliament a_ word !..or two more shall be at their service, from tlext Sessions,_ AN OLD BARRISTER. Cetera clesunt. ••• For LITERARY REVIEW, see the First; fur TIIE.COUNTRY, see the Fourth Page. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.---Lilliput. After which, The Falls of Clyde. To which was added, Harlequin's Vision. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA RDEN.—(2d timed, Retribn_ Varanes, Mr. Young; Ziiura, Miss O'Neill. After_ which, Harlequin Gulliver. MAILS. AAR tvrn-1 Dublin 1 Waterford. Dos-1 France. 1 Lis bon, I Hainburgb% 1 Holland, 2 Gottenburgh, 1 Dublin. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY A l' Bank Stock 2901 3 per Cent. Red..-- 81iii 4 periCenta 93ii Bank L. Ann.... 20 11-16ths 'RINK o'cimcx. India 80nd5...:.. 98s. 995. pr. Old Annuities BO Exch. Bills 155.295. pr. Cons. fur Account 82-aq HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORROW. Morning, 37 minutes after 11. I Evening, 2 minutes after 14. THE SUN. •OLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM 'A{.II)E. T LONDON, S_ITURIMY, JANUARY 3, 1818. SHIP NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Arrived the Betsy, LAN.. ORISH, from Chartinte for London, and GoUd Hone, Gearrs, from Bourdeaux. The Betsy sailed tile 26th ult.; left in the River the'Liberty, Thetis, Edward, Duchess of Somerset, and Com merce. The sloop Mope, WALLET, of and from Guernsey; was last night run foul of by his Ma jesty's brig Heron, and was towed in here this afterncion by that vessel—she is dismasted, and otherwise damaged. Sailed the Zephyr, Nl cous, for Gibraltar; Anna Sophia, ROGGEN sacx, for Bourdeaux ; Ranger, KIDD, for Lis bon ; San Joseph, Boscx, for Barcelona ; Ann, IVALLER, for Lisbon ; Pomona, ALsobr, for Li varno ; Retrieve, HAGUE, for Rio Janeiro ; and Fraw Anna, MotA,En, for Nantz. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Sailed the Integrity transport for the Downs. DEAL, JAN, 2.—Remains in the Downs his Ma jesty's ship Severn. FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Sailed the Lady Louisa packet with a mail for Gibraltar and Malta, and the Fox and Eliza transports for Cork. GRAVRSEND, JAN. 2.—'Arrived the Aurora, Heselton, from Memel ; Hero of the Nile, Wrangler,' from Berhice ; Princess Charlotte, Lamb, from Demerara; Mary,-Bennett, .from St. Michael's ; Fame, Poqtgate, from Lisbon ; Ana creon, Wilson, from Quebec; Thomas, Jackson, from the Cape ; Cleveland, Davies, from Jamaica ; Mary, Craig, from Cadiz ; Neptunits„ Bakker, from Rotten ; Isabella, Bishop, from Bourdeaux ; Elizabeth, Day, from Limerick ; Agnes, Fitzge rald, from Waterford ; Aurora, Cobb, from NYE& garth; Pheasant, Barns, from Waterford ; Sup ply, Massey, from Waterford. ARCRORACON THOMAS'S PROTEST.—The Clergy of the Deanery of Frome have unanimously pre sented an Address of Thanks 'to the Rev. Arch deacon THOMAS, for his Protest against the pro posed establishment of a Church Missionary So ciety in Bath.---The British Critic of the pre sent month contains an elaborate analysis of Arch deacon',lttomAs'slAddress, maturely weighing the spirit of its arguments, and of the animadver sions that have appeared against the Protest. It commence's thus : " If the importance of a pub lication be estimated by its size, a pamphlet con sisting of a single sheet, widely printed,, might, perhaps, seem scarcely to require our attention ; but if the value of a work depend upon the na ture of the facts which it discloses, and the con seqnences they involve, many folios would sink in t o insignificance, when weighed against this little tract." MALT.—From the exper4ents of Messrs. WHEELER and Company, it appears that by ex posing Malt to the temperature of about 430°-of Fahrenheit, in close vessels, it acquires a dark chocolate brown colour, and becomes so soluble, in either hot or cold water, that when it is mixed ‘viih pale Malt, in the proportion of I.Both, it communicates to the liquor the perfect colour and flavour of porter. SALT DUTIES.—The further consideration of these Duties, with proofs and illustrations, show ing the advantages to be derived by some com mutation of the Tax, or the repeal of it, will, we understand, shortly be submitted to the Public by Sir THOMAS BERNARD, Bart. who has strong claims to their gratitude, for his constant and un wearied endeavours to promote the happiness and to ameliorate and lessen the distresses and wants of his fellow-creatures. CHEAP GASOMETER.—Mr. MUIR, of Kelso, has, by a simple process, constructed an apparatus which produces gas sufficient to supply ten different burners, the flame of each far surpassing t hat of the largest candle, and which completely illuminate his shop,work-shop, and dwelling- house,with the most pure pellucid brightness, the cost of which is only about threepence per night. Wax cloth bags have been invented, which, when inflated wilb gas, are removed at pleasure from place to place, and when ignited, theyantwer all the purposes of can-, tiles. By this process, it would seem that any person, with bags as above prepared, may be fur nished with •gas from the coal-pits, and apply the gas so procured to whatever number of tubes for lights he has occasion for. _ . It is a remakable circumstance that the late Mr. "AMIE, cooper and fish-curer in Peterhead, who was drowned in the Forth packet, off Mon trose harbour, was the inventor of a life-preserver some years - ago. - A full trial of its buoyant poWers was made at .Peterhead, and shortly after he went to London, in the hope of proving its general . 'utility. After , various interviews with Sir Joseph Banks, Mr. Croker of the Admiralty, Mr. Wilberforce, and the Master of the Trinity House, Mr. Lesslie and a Mr. Bell, in the pre sence of numerous spectators, entered the ma chine, and went through the most dangerous arch of Londonliridge, at half tide, in perfect safety, where the .current is very rapid. The preserVer was in the form of a buoy, of cooper work, with cork attached to, it, and then covered %Vida sheet copper, with a valve on the top, for the person or persons to enter ; and by being so constructed with the cork, the valve was continually exposed to the air. EXTENSIVE FORGERY.—A thorough investiga tion of the circumstances connected with the for gery on the Bank-of England, recently discoVer ed at St. Clear's, Cartnarthenshire, having taken place, the prisoners mentioned in our late paper have been fully committed for trial. From the evidence adduced, a connected chain of proof has been obtained against the parties.—Mrs. Baines, though elderly and infirm, has a genteel appear ance ; and her daughter, who is about 25 years of. age, possesses talents, accomplishments. and attractions of a superior descriwion. They are confined in Carmarthen Town Gaol, a bile Wil liam Baines and the ,two Joh nson* are lodged in that of the County.—(Shrezvibury Chroreicie.Y THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. FOR THE SUN. Mr. EDlTOR,—Having seen in the Bristol Paper an Advertisement of the Annual Meeting of a Tract Society to be holden in this City, and recollecting, that on preceding Anniversaries the Bishop of an adjoining Diocese has generally pre sided, it became a matter of consideration whe ther the Protest delivered in a neighbouring city would produce any effect in the mind of that Hon. and Right Rev. Prelate, and whether, in the pre sent instance, he would retain that Chair, which on former occasions he bad usually occupied. It is gratifying however to reflect, that the Meet ing on lVednesday last received no 'encourage ment from Episcopal presence, and, that the Chair was taken by a Clergyman of this city. 'lt is nit for me to eriquire by what right either of precedent or delicacy, the names of two Bishops are inserted as Patrons to a Society unsanctioned by the Bishop of the Diocese ; fur there cannot exist a more satisfactory proof that it meets with the disapprobation of our own Dio cesan, than its not receiving his sanction and as sistance. • The Bishop of Bristol, _though ill health unhappily prevents his residing - in the• Diocese, has ever manifested a genet - bus and lami. able zeal to contribute to such Societies: as .he con. ceives worthy of his support.. When, therefore, from a principle of conscientious duty, he with• holds that support, surely it might have been ex pected, that no Bishop of a neighbouring Diocese Would- have stood forward as the professed advo vate of the Institution, and have taken that Chair which his brother had declined to occupy. Though it becomes every man to speak of his superiors, and particularly the Dignitaries of the Church, with proper respect, there are occasions, however, where silence would be reprehensible. When the Religion of our Forefathers is.assailed, the Rights Of our Church invaded, and our own Character called in question, it behoves every man to cry aloud. The voice has been raised in Bath, it has reverberated here, the good effects of which have been already felt, and I doubt not but will prevent in future the formation of similar' socie ties, formed upon principles equally irregular:. The Members of the Bath .Missionary 'Society have threatened to expose the Archdeacon, by making public the whole case, and that an easy and satisfactory Reply can be made; if so, why has it not been already dune,—why has this manly and open Protest been suffered to remain onanswet• ed for nearly three weeks ! Notwithstanding this culpable omission, the Members of the Society, without any colour of consistency, without any regard for publi c o pi n i on, h ave ventured to charge the Archdeacon w ith h av i ng asserted what is " not the fact," acid that his statements are" un authenticated, and founded on misapprehension:* These are the weapons this Party haS too long r t h e ) s e o i r r t a e t t t l e t m o p ;tsw f h i c t i ts le tr v a e t r ed th , ei t r he an a s re ar w e e ol i p nf o o s r e m d' e o d: that their proceedings are misrepresented, and their intentions perverted. Their exertions, for sooth, are to promote the ends of the Goipel-, and what they consider as zeal in their own cause, they nobly and generously designate as persecu tion and intolerance in their opponents. The time is arrived when a stand must be made against every innovation. Let me ask why the old and established Institutions are not suffidient for the exercise of every charitable disposition ? Schism, alas ! has so far extended its influence in this City, that each individual must be at the head of his peculiar Party, no longer content to look up to his Diocesan as an example; lie must search for some modern Society, that he may bring into no tice that name which would otherwise be buried and concealed. 1 object to Institutions formed on such principles. Religion is not the theme for a public harangue; it is of too sacred a nature, to become the engine for merely making a speech to gratify the pride of an Evangelical Politician: With regard to the nature of the Society in ques- Lion, I have only to ask, in the language of Mr. TiiOMA3, why these Missionaries are not placed tinder the direction of the Bishop of cALCVTTA ifbeargument is unanswerable. In my humble judgment, the Archdeacon merits the 'thanks of every lover of the old and regular Church, and I cordially acquiesce in all he has asserted, and be lieve he was fully justified and authorised.in for bidding the banns in the name of nineteen twen tieths of the Clergy in his jurisdiction. • Bristol, VI January, 1818, ORTHODOX. The first Snliscriplion Concert of - E` The Exeter Choral Society " was held last evening at. the Swan Tavern large Room. The selection of pieces was well made, ankl the perlormaner of them elicited the applause of a very num* rou. and respectable Assenthly.- The Baud, both vutai an d instrumental, was a truly effluent one.—Mr. GARBETT arrange d and conducted the yertm in ance, aid Alr., ASLIWICK •Itd.—(Exeter flying Post, Dec, 31.)